Kickstarter is an online crowdfunding website that aims to help individuals who have great and promising ideas to get the resources they need to make their projects a reality. Almost anyone can use Kickstarter to post projects and ask for funds; that’s why the most common issue one can face is copyright infringement. If you find that a project in Kickstarter violates your intellectual property rights, you can report that project have it removed from the site.

Steps

Part 1

Making Preparations

1

Gather legal documents. Reporting a Kickstarter project is not as simple as reporting a photo or a user profile in most social networking sites. Reporting a project requires legal work. If you find a project that violates your copyright, gather any legal document or proof that you can get to prove your claim.

2

Contact the project creators. Open the page of the project you want to report. Scroll down the page and on the right hand side you’ll see a “Contact Me” button. Click this button and you should be able to send a message to the project creator.

Notify the makers about your legal concern and try to see if the problem can solved through a professional talk.

3

Talk to a lawyer. If the creators refuses to take down their project even after you've stated your issue, consult a lawyer and ask for any legal action that you may take against those that violated your copyright.

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Tips

Kickstarter takes infringement issues very seriously. Send a report only when it is absolutely necessary.

Make sure that your report is valid and true. You can be held liable to any misunderstanding on the project you’re reporting on your part. This includes damages and legal fees that both parties may incur.

Always seek legal advice first before filing a formal complaint against a Kickstarter project.